PICK up any trotting programme or race report from the past 50 years in Ireland and the name Wallace and the stable name Newtown will be amongst the winners more often than not.

An elegant manor-style farmhouse at Cloghran, near Dublin Airport, is where Alan Wallace, now in his early 50s, runs a business which has global connections. The Whelans from Canada and world renowned driver Jodie Jamison are personal friends and deals across the Atlantic are quite common.